Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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736. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department and all agencies under the remit of his Department in 2022 and in January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8679/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) provides public information about a wide range of schemes, services and policies. Advertising is one of the channels used to communicate this information. In the period from 1st January 2022 to 31st January 2023, DAFM incurred expenditure of €843,958.56. This includes expenditure related to a farm safety awareness campaign and an information campaign regarding the new Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Regulation.

As regards the 12 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days.